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Current Bestiary

Oilspouts. Hailing from a species of hardly mobile, mindless producers. The [OIL] they excrete is the lifeblood of the AM.

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Siphons. Originally slow, meandering creatures that gathered at Oilspouts for sustenance. Now a whole goddamn lot more.

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DeCons. Predators in every shape and form. Devour raw materials- or [SCRAP]- from other AM’s, or broken apart from the newly “formed” landmass.

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Lastly:
Psychovores. Creatures that feed on and manipulate the [CODE] that flows through all AM; the alien energy that simulates intelligence and nervous system.

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WORLD EVENTS

Having just recovered from an age of fire, brought on by the catastrophic impact of a fragmenting megastructure, the environment is settling back to normal. Whatever normal is here. But the recent tectonic activity has released a much older, much stranger holdover of the fallen civilization that once called this place home.

Current Event
>Plague of Flesh
>>3139626
Strange organisms stirred from an ancient sleep, whatever their original intent may have been is lost to time. When they come in contact with an AM's systems, they initiate a bizarre process; corrupting them into semi-organic parodies of their former selves, and passing those strange genes onto their children.
>Every evolution moving forward MUST roll a d20 to determine if it becomes infested until the plague has ended.
>The plague can be combated via specialized evolution, and can end prematurely if the environment counteracts It well enough
>On rolling a 1, 10, and 20 that evolutionary branch will be replaced with a biomechanical version of itself. Up to you to determine what that actually changes.
Or if you don't want to go through the effort, say so and I'll try to get to it myself. I don't want to discourage anyone from playing.

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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3145999
thanks to the ever increasing efficiency of the mothership siphons and their antennae, many uninfected motherships have not only begun to exert control over uninfected yellow siphons, but their main predators, the shredders, as well. while they have their own soldiers to battle, they use the shredders almost like a salvage crew and auxiliary soldiers against the infected motherships, swooping in to make the kill and getting whatever resources they can from their carcasses. The motherships have, for lack of a better way of putting it, begun predating upon the infected motherships.

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Rolled 8, 16 = 24 (2d20)

>>3145997
The floating oilspouts have fared well in the new era, and play host to a vibrant colony of smaller symbiotic machines. Despite a cleaner atmosphere, the machine simply adapted from processing toxins to oil, to producing what is called "blue crude" or atmospheric harvested carbon dioxide made into a crude blue fuel. As a consequence atmospheric oxygen levels are on the rise, which is beneficial to organics, but corrosive to unprotected machines. The floating spout is made mostly of lightweight polymers and alloys, so it does not give a damn.

The MacroSpout is an apex evolution of the launching spout, all of it's drills and processing equipment is tucked away under a massive skirt which it uses to slowly traverse the oceanic bed collecting resources. Unlike other spouts this machine seems to horde all of it's resources and even [OIL] to make an endless deluge of rockets that are hurled into the black sky.

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Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>3146004
from the extra chunky line of psychovores spawns the scaffoldcrust. A crystalline collection of detritus and mechanized parts from shattered psychovores. The organism apparently is trying to reinforce what are already destroyed orbital scaffolding supports, in addition to intact ones. However the quality of improvement is dubious at best, it seems like there should be something more, but is currently lacking. The crust rarely extends up past the oceanic surface before flaking off.

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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3146038
the motherships begin creating fully standardized templates of siphons to defend the fleet.

The first of these new purpose designed organisms is the Delta Siphon. Combining the best features of two very similar designs within previous "schools", the Delta is resource efficient for it's size, and while it lacks the vicious piercing capabilities of it's predecessors, the fins which also serve as heat sinks allow for extended firing of the electrolaser.

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>>3146382
The Gamma siphon is a "capture" as none of the red siphons previously served the mothership in any meaningful capacity. This gestalt unit is again, simplified and purpose built to assault biological organisms and return to fleet for repair as opposed to operating as point defense like the Deltas.

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Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>3146384
The new Epsilon model siphons served the fleet in a more logistical manner, feeding off of the oil that would accumulate along the surface of the water and returning it to motherships for processing. Despite it's portly nature, it was arguably one of the fastest models at the water's surface.

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>>3146063
The Scaffoldrust is a divergent form of Scaffoldcrust, one that simply overtakes and consumes whatever it latches on rather than repairing it, leaving only a gaping hole where it once was when it detaches at the end of it's lifecycle, floating away on water currents in order to infest more and more. As it doesn't spend most of it's energy on repair, it is able to grow much faster than the Scaffoldcrust.

Additionally, it also seems to be able to infect both other machines and the scrap-rich oceanic surface, acting as a kind of cleanup crew, destroying the myriad of unsightly mechanical carcasses dotting the ocean floor.

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The Cancer Siphons gain specialized claws for stealing electricity from the batteries of Solargrass

Rolled 8, 5, 5 = 18 (3d20)

>>3146572
>>3146485
>>3146384
all of these didn't roll so I'm rolling for them

>>3146004
you forgot the tunneling parasitic worms

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>>3146004
these parasites with there drill tails and habit of jumping hosts have ocationally been attached to rockets and survived sometimes, spreading there habitat into even the great scaffolding but only some with recessive data have regrown the photosynthetic datagils have survived and not starved to death.
they live a low energy lifestyle only attached by there drills until they have gathered enough energy to reproduce

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>3146799

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>>3146804
The Coarsecon's upper jaw degenerates fully, revealing an "Injector" organ which spews digestive enzimes at command, which is slightly modified into an organ used to attack prey by shooting them with a more agressive version of these chemicals.
To make up for the loss of crushing power, the Coarsecon's upper mandible hypertrophies.

As a product of constant exposure to the "virus" their hulls continue breaking down, revealing more bare scaffolding.

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The Social Lysis processing power increments, the A.M is able to form meaningful bonds with members of it's same species, and even shows attachment to other A.M, in a similar fashion to how giant spiders keep frog pets, or how some baboons keep wild dogs for company. This change is evidenced in the lenghtening of it's [DATA] tubes, with them slightly enveloping it's torso.

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The Laser Favela bug gains smaller backmounted lasers. Since they're running off of the same system as its larger main laser, the Laser Favela Bug can only fire them in pulses.

The lasers have a gigantic recoil which means they're better used for propulsion rather than attack, especially sicne cooling them requires precious CRYOTHEUM.

ADDITIONALLY, the back code laser is mutagenic which spells bad news for the Tank Decons which it steals cryotheum from.

Sorry for the double evo. Thread needs a pick me up.

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>>3142053

Due to the Laser Favela Bug's mutagenic lasers, the Tank DeCon experiences multiple deleterious mutations. One, its overproduction of cryotheum causes a thick layer of ice to constantly cover its face. Second, its treads are replaced with a hard to balance on pair of legs.

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The Festive Psychoshield steals the [CODE] for [CRYOTHEUM] production from the Tank DeCons, incorporating small amounts of this substance into it's skates, allowing it to slide much faster.

Meanwhile, some CryoCons repurpose their duplicate head/arm, using instead as a second, much larger [CRYOTHEUM] production unit. The exhaust [CRYOTHEUM] released into their enviroment by this new cooling unit, alongside other enviromental factors such as topography (Is it really topography if it's all scrap and rubble?), has caused the creation of small microbiomes which are colder than the rest of the land. Many Cryo-capable Cons seem to migrate to these pocket climates, which seems to only help them stabilize and cool further.

Rolled 6, 12, 6, 14 = 38 (4d20)

>>3148437
>>3148425
>>3148421

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>>3148421
Held down far far too long by the surly bonds of gravity, the Favela bug's spirit dared to soar on hybrid rockets, and an improved beam cannon and shield matrix. Favela bugs do not like rust, and can be seen using their beams to "reduce" the rust.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>3148447

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Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3147429
Some coarsecons adapt to a wide maw configuration, and feed on the strange strutrust as well as biological organisms. Far from benevolent, they gain scrap via "unraveling" themselves and lashing onto other machines where they gradually consume them via corrosion and absorption. This variant is coated in foul oils that inhibit organic growth.

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>>3148461
>biological infection on machine purpose made to defeat biological infection. nat 20.

You may not like it, but this is what the ideal Coarsecon looks like, and it is beautiful.

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>>3148476
With the Coursecons corrupted, Crusadercons have to work overtime in order to combat the viral infection.

With a biological component, the Crusadercons have yet another third degenerate body that randomly mixes chemicals and code in order to combat infection.

These can include, but are not limited to OIL, water, CRYOTHEUM and CODE.

As Crusadercons do not generate tehir own cryotheum, they rely on the cryotheum dumped into the oceans by Cryocons.

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>>3148461
Coarsecon still fighting the Organics find a way to take advantage of the fact that they had become their newest target. Instead of attempting to avoid the organic infestation completely, they incorporate it in a way that helps keep them at bay: They continue purposely preying on bio-mechanical A.Ms, but instead of just ripping them to pieces indiscriminately, they begin suctioning the organic components while still shredding the [SCRAP]. Acting as vacuum cleaners, the Cleaning Crew Coarsecons begin suctioning and storing the organics in a new organ present inbetween their mandibles, confusing them and making them slowly digest eachother, and then turning the resulting fleshy paste into a much more macabre bio-diesel. This process is very slow however, taking months and even years to produce useful amounts of this new [BIO-OIL].

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>>3148425
The TankDeCon continues to twist wildly, resembling something of a bobsled. It's an evolutionary throwback with two conjoined bodies, one of which is covered with ice.

Rolled 9, 5 = 14 (2d20)

>>3148506
>>3148493

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>>3148476
The Womb Coarsecon is covered head to toe in large, biomechanical tumors, often severely impeding it's vital functions. These tumors are homes to hundreds, if not thousands, of microscopic, malformed offspring, which are released when the tumor inevitably bursts. The newly freed younglings, already equipped with tumorous wombs of their own, will proceed to feast upon anything they can get their deformed jaws on, their mother and sisters being no exception.
Only a dozen children at most will survive their violent birth, the rest succumbing to their malformities or being consumed by more fortunate siblings. In any case, the process is always lethal to the mother.

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>>3148476
The organic infestation fails to outpace the mechanical rot, and an uneasy balance takes place within the tormented machines of the RotCons

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>>3146382
Some deltas are forcibly coopted by coarsecon subverters.

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Rolled 17 (1d20)

Overclocked DeCons with a habit of beaching themselves on dry land have made enough use of their landing gear to settle there quite comfortably. Their overheated systems providing a powerful edge against the increasing wave of ice and flesh. A species of Firebug develops with it's ventilation "wings" on a swivel. Though it sacrifices a great deal of propulsion- now only capable of quick, if powerful, hops- these new claws are a useful tool for predation. Their focused fire softens metallic bodies and burns away organic flesh for safe consumption.

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>>3148493
Crusadeacons being co-opting local mechanisms to serve in their efforts against the rot and the flesh plague.

Roomba based oilspouts are overhauled to create an [oil] and [scrap] slurry. Curiously, this unit also has an injection weapon that seems to "cure" infection. Occasionally it will arbitrarily inject non infected organisms as a form of inoculation.

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>>3146063
the scaffoldcrust have begun to organize more efficiently, using what remains of their mechanical parts as supports which aid them in remaining cohesive and, most importantly, not falling apart as easily, allowing them to not only reinforce scaffolding easier, but often allowing them to extend a ways past the oceanic surface, rarely even generating fields along the coastlines of the former megastructure. Most scaffoldcrust is still largely coastal, and through some half-functioning remnant of their past some mechanized parts of their structure remain functional, allowing the scaffoldcrust to flake itself off through (almost entirely unintentional) flaking off into the sea, spreading this particular form of scaffoldcrust further.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3149658
(oops, forgot to roll)

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>>3149563
The Sculpted Siphcon modus operandi is further refined, now instead of completely hijacking the spouts when they are in their prepubescent phase, the Crusadeacons simply inject them with [CODE] that make them grow CrusadeCon-like segments that are used as medical bays for fighting both the CoarseCon malign [CODE] and the Organics by injecting them with the either the Cure [CODE] or a potent "virus" that makes the affected A.M violently combat the organics by any method possible, be it overheating, freezing, poisioning, etc...

These segments are usually found where the oil exhausts of the Siphons would normally be, and have hollow segments that "extend" them. This means that the affected Siphons don't really realise they have extra parts in them, since they don't really change their normal behaviour, besides having to share some of their energy.

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>>3148447
The Quantum Favela bug streamlines its body to minimize seams. This lets it go faster than normal favela bugs.

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>>3149848
The PixieCons have lost the ability to use their lasers when fully matured, turning their stubs into wheels. They now carry their young in a marsupial fashion, utilizing the former laser-holes as some sort of beehive. Their larvae, however, has retained the ability to use lasers, using them to hover around their mothers like insanely bright fairies. This helps the PixieCon Mothers avoid predators.

>>3149930
Literally the best evo in the thread.

Rolled 15, 3, 20, 14 = 52 (4d20)

>>3149930
>>3149848
>>3149762
>>3149563

>>3148610>>3149930
I love how this world supports both horrifying flesheel abominations and glorious rainbow sparklebugs.
Can you imagine what any explorers finding this planet would think?

>>3150594
I think every inhabited world would be like that really, even on Earth you can find both pretty creatures like deep-sea anglerfish or bobbit worms and gross creatures like dogs or horses.

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The BioMothers develop clasping arms to grab pure machines which they infect via "reprocessing". it is much to horrible to describe. not at all that i am lazy.

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>>3150618
Bosozoku DeCon gives no fucks about making rolls for biological infection, because it could never catch him anyway. Improved wheels and kick ass exhaust stacks show authority he is a fiery, free spirited, rebel in the springtime of youth who doesn't give a damn about stuffy conventions or ceremony!

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>>3150624
Society Siphons can be seen engaging in primitive farming, with primitive tools.

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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3149658
Scaffoldrust becomes scaffoldweld. True and meaningful repairs to extant sections of the scaffolding begin to happen.

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>>3149762
The Sculpted Siphons are persuaded by their newfound organics to join the #NaturalHairMovement.

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>>3150649
the Nano Siphon is not the most intelligent creature, but does represent the purest integration of machine and flesh there is, each cell within its body has accompanying inorganic nano machine components within it. It's ability to efficiently use energy and resources is second to none, and as such it has begun out competing its more primitive cousins.

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>>3146485
Atavistic traits emerge in the Scaffoldrust, clawed arms that once belonged to Psychovores now sprouting from it's body, made of the same tough material as the scaffolds.
While spending some of their resources on these arms lowers the speed at which individual clumps of Scaffoldrust grow, their immense defensive capability more than makes up for it, and the overall amount of Scaffoldrust in the ocean rises.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3150675

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3150624

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>>3150618
the Biomothers are so sedentary that their bodies become highly specialized towards processing nutrients, birthing, and supporting the colony.

Often other biomechs will steal a queen to support their own colony. Notoriously the social siphons keep them as a sort of "dairy" animal, milking them for cryothermium.

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>>3147514
some social Lysis are abducted and altered by crusader organisms, others not pictured are herded by the social siphons.

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As the chaos of unpredicted variables begin to have serious effects on the ecosystem, it begins to reflect on an archaic an unmanned system. Somewhere in orbit, an automated system kicks on in response to an experiment it perceives as rapidly spriling out of control.

Reply to this post with a d-100 to decide on the incoming event
1-49
>CRITICAL ERROR: [REDUNDANT SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. HIGH LEVEL POLLUTANT DETECTED. ADJUSTING ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. FOR YOUR SAFTEY: PLEASE REMAIN IN ORBIT DURING TERRAFORMA]
50-99
>FATAL ERROR: [CONTAGION DETECTED WITHIN INFRASTRUCTURE. DEPLOYING ADDITIONAL SECURITY.]
100
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Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>3151507

>>3151507
sad i wanted 50-99

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>3151507

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>3151507

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Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>3149848
the Quantum FavelaBug uses it's rockets to propel it into the darkness of space. A hard light projector allows it to use a light scribe to conduct welding repairs on micro fractures that are on the surface of the orbital frame. Many go up, none come down. yet.

Examination of the Favela bug reveals that it's entire superstructure is a hardlight projection in itself, making them remarkably resistant to infection or rot, if not outright immune.

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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3150624
>>3151221
>2: I told you it gave no fucks.

With little need to explain anything, the Bosozoku Decon starts beating the asses of other organisms that dare to encroach on it's turf. A collective of these creatures if called a Thunder Tribe, for the noise their custom exhausts make from an already noisy 2 stroke super fuel engine. They also have a guns that require the consumption of scrap to build more ammo for.

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>>3151727
Although none have a good reason to come down, the occasional Favelabug will be spotted making guides "repairs" on the lower reaches of the structure. What few AM's drift close enough tend to find themselves spot-welded to seams in the scaffolding.

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>>3138472
As a means of further avoiding [CODE] hazards such as Mindfields, a breed of Lighthouse has taken on a more broad form with an internal buoyancy system. They have little control in where they drift, and simply float gently on ocean currents.

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Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>3146038
>>3146382
>>3146384
>>3146413
Having long battled against flesh infection, the motherships have tended to cohabitate with the various Crusader AMs since the first sculpted siphcons. Only now have they assimilated as a true Crusader AM, seemingly being modified by Crusader AMs almost as if by choice. Over time, the standardized templates of fleet siphons are modified as well, with their new Sculpted Motherships at the center of it all.

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>>3148674
Coarse Deltas are unable to infect other machines, and only Coarsecons are capable of this action, as such they simply erode and assimilate unneeded metallics.

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>>3152061
Bastions are a simple modification of lighthouses, which act as a hub for crusade entities. A series of propulsors encased in a ring provide true, albeit slow, mobility.

>>3146382
A new era was upon the Siphons, and competition was fierce. AI driven "factions" vied for control of resources, and even hulls of machines. In order to survive, the mothership directed simplification of designs, starting with the Delta. Still capable of beam projection, it stores several shots in capacitors and relies on strength in numbers over cutting edge technology. A hardened wireless node on the head allows for communications.

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>>3152376
in this new era I forgot the pic related. behind the scenes, Delta 2 was an attempt at a new baseline siphon that is easy to edit.

>>3151343
Sculpted Lysis are quickly persecuted by the Social Lysis, their programming confuses them for colonial-lysis, and drives them to erradicate their modified-brethen. This forces the Sculpted Lysis to become more like their past-selves, devolving many of their changes, but still mantaining their prime directive of fighting off organics.

The Fabergé Sculpted Lysis are much more similar to their cousins, and are able to communicate with them,correcting a fatal flaw their ancestors had. They are quickly assimilated into Social Lysis Society, yet are limited to three-per-pack, any individual past that limited is turned into [SCRAP] by its cousins.

The Sculpted Lysis purges by emitting special frequencies that inhibit organic growth, much like the Social Lysis do with ColonyGrass, and just like the anti-grass signals, the anti-organic signals are able to influence any specimen of either the Spout or the Psychovore family.

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>>3152421
Forgot the picture ecks-dee

>>3148516
Tank decons continue to degenerate due to the effects of the Favela Bug's mutagenic laser.

Now both of its heads are constantly covered in ice due to overproduction of cryotheum. Electron mirrors form a sort of loading bay for Favela Bugs to collect cryotheum

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>>3152511
Whoops. Image

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>>3146413
The Gamma and Epsilon formats were merged with modernized yet well known and traditional technology. A case of functional atavism was revisited in the design with a detachable primary engine in the event of infection or catastrophic failure. A generously sized basking gill provided oil intake as well as cooling water.

so began the Sigma Siphon.

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Double-Drill Lysis that move onto the surface are crushed by the different pressure and atmosphere, their upright bodies have to adapt, and change into a more quadrupedal position.
Their drills are used as both mouths and horns, collecting [SCRAP] to be turned into {OIL], but also using them to deter predators away.

Their main drill is merely vestigial, and can't be really used anymore.

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>>3152585
The double drill lysis develops a strong jaw-like protector to protect its central processing unit

>>3152561
A variant of the Sigma emerges, sigma slim. While less powerful, due to a dramatic weight reduction re-design, the Sigma Slim is a disposable, low tech, kamakazi unit.

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>>3152676
addendum: while made to run off of [OIL] the Sigma Slim carries a canister of highly refined [CRYOTHERM]. While capable of running on this exotic fuel, it will destroy it's engine, leaving it only capable of propulsion by adorable fin flapping.

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Those Psychoshields that haven't developed cryotheum production have instead developed a new configuration, equipped with large datashields anchored to the body with flexible, yet powerful stalks. Using this new form, the Psycho Butterfly takes to the air, raining tiny shards of datagill wherever it goes, a result of friction between it's wings and the surrounding air chipping off their coverings.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>3153134
forgot to roll yet again

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>>3153140
>>3153134
They lose the ability to fly but are now more powerful, a taste for ruber ducks and evil plans is developed as well

>>3153157
you've proven to be....my nigga.

Hey OP, I want to participate, but can't draw for shit, can I still participate?
Also, I tried to read the previous thread, but got confused, what the heck has happened to the grass psychovores?

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>>3153431
Fuck it, Ill try anyways, here goes I guess
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>>3129854
An offshoot of primitive arrowgrass has managed to cling to existence. In order to limit it's energy consumption, it has shrunken considerably and its once fearsome spike has eroded away. It's only means of defense now are its two auxilary spines and small size, keeping it outside the notice of most predators.

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>>3153505
Well, this is a whole new level of failure on my part. Here's the right image.

>>3146063
A variant of Scaffoldcrust has begun digesting the scaffold, using it to extrude a protective shell. Its distinctive three-petaled "blooms" snap shut when they sense vibrations.

>>3153505
Highly lewd.
>>3153506
You draw as well as any of us man.

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>>3153595
Sigh...
>>3153596
Thanks for the kind words. This is actually pretty fun.

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>>3153598
yeah, evogames are pretty fun and maybe even a little zen at times.
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Codemites are an offshoot of earlier landbased psychovores with 4 legs and reduced data storage. Simplified further, the self balacing and memory shape metal that makes up their body is incredibly light and mechanically simple. Codemites are minor parasites that feed off of all varieties of [CODE], and in turn are preyed upon by anything bigger than they are.

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Rolled 18, 9 = 27 (2d20)

[Note: this isn't really a new organism, just an extension of the Scaffoldbloom post. Also, rolls fo my other posts here] The great lighthouses are well defended against [CODE] based predators, but are quite vulnerable to attacks on other fronts. Colonies of Scaffoldbloom attach to Sunislands, digesting away their thick exterior and leaving delicate components to the mercy of the elements. Dead, dying, and infected Sunislands float across the planet, shedding pieces of armor and spreading the infection to other Lighthouses.

>>3153505
>>3153506
Hey, OP here. Don't worry about not being able to draw. Contributing even the laziest shitscribbles moves the game forward, and someone will build off it eventually. The people that go all out on portraits just do it because that's their thing, not because you're expected to.

>>3151507
Also, I'm going to put a hard deadline on myself and say expect the event to land around this time tomorrow. It's kind of a big one that's designed to- hopefully- simplify all the little details so it doesn't take a lot of digging to figure out what's going on, cool down the evolutionary lines that went kind of out of control, and give new players a good starting point. So stick around and see what happens.

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>>3148990
>>3153725
Structural changes allow the Lighthouses to survive via adaptation into symbiosis with a local lifeform. No longer does complex radiation kill infections, simple heat washes away the unworthy, infected or otherwise. Enough lighthouses adapt to this new configuration that localized hotspots within the ocean cause dieoffs of lesser organisms.

>>3154139
Not exactly what I was hoping for, but excellent anyways.
>>3154108
Good to hear. I hope I'm not imposing, but could we get some clarifications/limitations on food sources at the same time? In the real world, food is scarce and limited, forcing organisms to compete against each other. Direct competition between organisms would definitely help add some flavor.

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>>3153134

Psychoshields have evolved to favor their WING CONFIGURATION. Furthermore, they now have metal ribs that protect the precious DATA they store in their chests.

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>>3152561

Sigmas are given a few new tuneups. For example, its primary horn was modified to be primarily for communication with the MOTHERSHIP, as it really shouldn't be getting into fights in the first place. This is a more efficient use of its fuel.

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THIS IS THE IDEAL AM BODY. YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT THIS IS WHAT PEAK PERFORMANCE LOOKS LIKE.

ONE OF THESE IS CREATED WHEN A BOSOZOKU DECON TRIES TO COPY A SIGMA SIPHON, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, A PSYCHOSHIELD TRIES TO DO HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER ON THE TWO JUST AS A CRUSADERCON TRIES TO TAKE THEM OVER.

THIS CAUSES ONE OF THESE TO BE BORN.

ON ITS LEFT ARM IS A HARD LIGHT SHIELD EMITTER FROM THE FAVELA BUGS AND ON ITS RIGHT ARM IS A PLASMA CUTTER FROM THE DEVIL DECONS.

ON ITS LEFT LEG IS A CCRYOCON GENERATOR THAT ALLOWS IT TO GENERATE CRYOTHEUM FROM OIL AND WATER WHILE ON ITS RIGHT IS A HOT WATER CANNON FROM THE BOBSLED CONS. BOTH LEGS ARE EQUIPPED WITH TANK TREADS FOR MAXIMUM SPEED.

ALL TECHNOLOGIES WERE COPIED WITH THE BOSOZOKU DECON'S ABILITY TO COPY DATA FROM OTHER AMs.

OC

DO NOT STEAL

This is a joke. Please don't take it seriously

Rolled 2, 15 = 17 (2d20)

>>3154947
>>3154955

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>>3154139
The floating lighthouses grow even hotter as nearly all of their oil reserves are devoted to feeding the symbiote. While larger organisms can survive this heat, smaller AMs and organics who venture too near are often boiled alive. As a result, large portions of the surface ocean have become inhospitable to organic life. To fuel the constant demand for OIL and to aid in heat dissipation, the Sunislands have developed a larger sundisk.

A Vircon with an odd surface appearance finds that mimicking the Crusadercon's appearance can grant them access to plentiful food, resources, and bodies.

Reproduction Style: Infection
Size: Medium
Food: [DATA]
Niche: CrusaderCon Parasite

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>>3155159
Picture

Rolled 1, 12, 14 = 27 (3d20)

An error in the reproductive code of a filter Megaspout results in offspring with a "mouth" at the top of the spout. The misplaced teeth cause damage to the [OIL] processing system, causing sweet, simple hydrocarbons to leak out. Decons and Siphons coming to investigate sometimes find themselves sucked up and reprocessed into OIL. It's not a terribly efficient feeding strategy, but and a planet boiling over with life, it's enough for the species to persist.

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>>3155231
-_-

>>3155147
>>3155231
Oh god. Does anybody have any ideas how to incorporate an organic into this? Cause I sure as hell don't. Also Stats for >>3155147
and>>3155232 below
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Sunstorm
Reproduction Style: Asexual, Larvae
Size: Colossal
Food: [OIL] from sunlight
Niche: Producer, Symbiote
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Oil Baiter
Reproduction Style: Asexual, Larvae
Size: Large
Food: [OIL] from smaller Siphons and Decons
Niche: Trap Predator

>>3155006
>joins the meme cast of evos.

Truly excellent.

>>3155250
could declare them logically immune from bio infection.

>>3155723
This is the logical answer, but it kinda feel like a cop out. QM, wanna weigh in with idea/suggestions?

>>3155865
Not QM but you could give the baiter organic secretions that work as both bait and poison kind of like cordyceps spores that then drive the prey into the waiting maw.
Yeah not sure about the sundisk those do rather make sense as organic immune.

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>>3156602
Yeah, I think I'll do something that, thanks!
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>>3155232
The mutated Megaspout's mouth is colonized by an organic creature. Now, floating nearly invisible in the clouds of oil, are sticky, paralytic tendrils, which ensnare prey for easy eating.
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Oil Baiter(Organic)
Reproduction Style: Asexual, Larvae
Size: Large
Food: [OIL] from smaller Siphons and Decons
Niche: Trap Predator

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>>3151507
>>3154108
With the ecosystem becoming strangely viral, an automated system has detected the aggressively adapting “Crusaders” and the Incursion of Flesh as one of an unknowable number of variables that may threaten the experiment. Although there’s no one there to observe it, the machine acts to solve what it considers a problem.

EVENT: GLOBAL TERRAFORMA
The planet is blasted with a [SOURCE CODE] EMP, effectively halting all machines on the planet at once, and over the course of a short decade, the surface of the world is reshaped. The Artificial plate tectonics shift and crack, the atmosphere becomes dense with alteration chemicals, and the temperature fluctuates so wildly, the ruins experience centuries of weathering in ten short years.

As one final correction, what remains of the automated systems descend to the planet and hand select several species under recent observation. Necessary “adjustments” are made en masse, and these new forbearers are given an evolutionary head start above all others

Flowery fluff aside, here’s what this means for the game
>The following creatures are each a staple of their environment, and better suited to survival than any precursors.
>These are “mid level” starter species. Each will be explained in detail for new players to get in without having to catch up, and old players can further diversify the ecosystem
>As always, I don’t like extinctions. Nothing has gone completely extinct and can be revived with a good enough excuse. But for now anything that is not one of the pictured species will have considerable difficulty adapting to this new environment

On the northernmost continent, a badly malfunctioning coolant system activated during Terraforma maintains a constant storm of freezing chemicals. Only a portion of this continent is actually ruin, the majority is one solid mass of chemical ice. Thermal vents beneath the surface create geysers of boiling gas somewhat frequently.

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>>3159664

Ecosystem
Mammoth-Tank
Diet: [OIL]
>The largest terrestrial animal on the planet, the cold conditions allow it to maintain it’s huge body without threat of overheating. Travel flatlands on tank-like treads.
>Use a long, sharp tongue to pierce the ice at it’s thinnest and draw oil from the polluted ocean beneath
>An internal system recycles the trace amounts of ice- not water, but an element known as Cryotheum- in it’s diet as a defense mechanism, firing freezing chemicals from it’s cannon capable of temporarily slowing or immobilizing the superheated Phoenix-Devil
>A significantly more tame strain of the Plague of Flesh still exists in it’s genetic code. It’s lower body is protected by a thick leathery hide of bristles, designed for both insolation, and an extra line of defense against predators.

Phoenix-Devil
Diet: [SCRAP]
>Small pack predators with permanently and severely overclocked systems. The amount of heat it naturally produces is tremendous.
>Hunt Mammoth-Tanks for their large amounts of [SCRAP] and stores of Cryotheum
>Cycles Cryotheum from Mammoth-Tanks into an internal cooling system that keeps them from melting outright.
>May vent a sudden excess of heat to produce ‘jump jets’, propelling them great distances.

Psycho-Butterfly
Diet: [CODE]
>Descendants of several lines of Psychovores, forcibly amalgamated by the automated system. Feed on [CODE]; the alien energy controlling the AMs, via it’s silver proboscis.
>The bristles on it’s wings are slightly morphic, allowing them to reshape them into other useful configurations.
>The codebank on it’s back helps generate constant lift via slight electromagnetism.
>Their bodies naturally produce gaseous cryotheum. The beating of their wings can frost over potential prey, slowing or immobilizing them.

Balloon-Gardens
Diet: Sunlight, thermal and cryotheuic gasses
>Begin life as a terrestrial “polyp”, extracting as much Cryotheum from the ice as possible in preparation for adulthood.
>On maturity, they break down their stores of Cryotheum into a heated gas that inflates their balloon. They will spend their lives hopping from vent to vent to keep themselves afloat. Sniffing out thermal gasses with it’s flowerlike sensor

Para-spiders
Diet: [CODE], [SCRAP]
>Forcibly amalgamated from several species. Amphibious, they form colonies on land and underwater.
>The structure on their back is actually an assimilated strain of degenerated psychovores. The crystalline structure acts as a deceptively large database.
>Bores into organisms with it’s crystalline drill to extract [CODE] and [SCRAP]. It’s preferred prey being the massive Mammoth-Tanks who are too large to detect their presence. They also tend to colonize the various species of “Structure Cell” derivatives to feed on their unused [CODE] stores.
>One of the most intelligent species on the planet. Capable of social bonds and pack behavior.

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>>3159673

Sea
(There’s a lot more in the sea, and not necessarily in other regions. But it took this long to make this much, so give me time and I’ll add them with the next region)

Atlas-Stars
Diet: Sunlight, [CODE]
>The largest “living” creature on the planet. The result of several forcibly amalgamated lines of Oilspouts.
>Constantly produce a huge amount of [OIL] as they drift on the tide.
>It’s barnacle-like growths are a degenerated strain of parasitic psychovore. Deceptively predatory, as large schools of siphons are drawn to the oil they produce, these growths harvest a portion of [CODE] from them.
>Their solar-star that floats above them is powered by a massive database of [CODE]. It collects energy from sunlight, and may also periodically produce rays of [CODE], harmful to psychovorous predators.


Ballistic-Scrubber
Diet: [Scrap], [OIL]
>Amalgamated from several lines of Siphon
>They trail large [OIL] sources like Light Houses and Atlas-Stars
>They can empty the “stomachs” on their back to fire superheated [OIL]. They will use this use this to lance off psychovourous parasites from larger Spouts, and eat them with their grinder mouthes before they can recover from the shock.
>Frequent Oil Reefs, but don’t get along with colonial siphons. Sometimes they’re ignored for the sake of cleaning up the psychovore carcasses left behind, sometimes they wind up eating a siphon and getting torn to ribbons by lasers.

Mother-Ray
Diet: [OIL]
>The second largest species on the planet. Typically found among schools of colonial siphons and motherships.
>The “hangar” in the upper portion of their body provides shelter to Motherships and Siphons alike during long migrations
>Require a huge amount of [OIL] to remain functional, and need to travel from reef to reef almost daily to keep themselves fed.
>Unlike the more intelligent Motherships, Mother-Rays are borderline mindless. They merely exist as a migratory hive for the siphon schools. Mothership [CODE] is what tells them where to go and when.

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One final note, and a scale reference for fun.

There are around 10 more new starters aside from those 8, but they're all confined to different regions, which I'll drop instead of events a little later. Reasons for this is
>This way you can focus on adapting what we have to their new environment instead of immediately branching out and spreading thin
>Also because dropping 18 new starters and saying "go nuts" is kind of intimidating.

If you have any questions or concerns feel free to ask.

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>>3159673
Para-Spiders habitating the vastly empty expanses of ice and snow are forced to use the long-abandoned photosynthetic properties of their main processing unit.

Besides the clear morphological changes product of this new diet —Shortened limbs due to insufficient energy intake, expanded structure-grass crystal for sunlight collection— the repurposing of their database has left the Tuber-Spiders with the intelligence of a vegetable. It's uncapable of complex motor activities, and resorts to burying itself under a cap of ice for extended periods of time, Only surfacing when the solar intake isn't enough, or when the ice melts. This causes them to wander aimlessly in search for sunlight, and burying themselves once they find it again.

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>>3159673
The Pinwheel Balloon-Gardens develop a slightly curvature in their solar panels. This causes them to spin when they fall, making them more aerodynamic. This seems to be the first step into them having full control over their flight.

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>>3159696
Atlas-Comets have been born without their solar orbs, relying exclusively on their surface for sunlight collection, they've diminished their size considerably.

In order to track the sun movements better, they develop additional flagels. These also serve a more macabre purpose, capturing unsuspecting siphons and feeding their [CODE] to their symbionts. A behaviour evidenced by the trails of carcasses sometimes found behind them.

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>>3159946
Crystalline nanothorns adorn the top of the Para-Spiders. This allow them to more efficiently store sunlight and store the excess energy as globules of [CODE] which it can cannibalize for extra energy when sunlight is lean

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>>3159696
Ballistic-Scrubers gain claws that they can superheat in order to cut codebare siphons into smaller chunks for consumption.

They trail behind Atlas Stars not only for oil, but also for the mindless fields of [SCRAP] they leave behind

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>>3160063
The Tuber-Spiders begin a segmentated-type growth, where different layers of crystal are grown to acquire more sunlight

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The automated systems were quite meticulous in their extermination of the AMs, but the sheer quantity and diversity of life on the planets meant that some machines inevitably slipped through the cracks. A few datagrass survived the purge thanks to an evolutionary relic of their floating days. A slightly wider, more muscular spine and an automatic contraction reflex allowed them to slip under the sediment an instant before being shut down. After being restarted, they emerged from the ground, the last known remnants of a vast family of AMs
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Datagrass
Habitat: Sunlit Underwater Plains
Size: Small
Food: [CODE] from Photosynthesis and smaller creatures
Niche: Producers

>>3160282
They where not really exterminated?

>>3160282
>>3160340
Hey, in case it needs some clearing up. Nothing's been exterminated. It's hard to justify with fluff, but the whole idea was to introduce the new starters as decent summaries of their species, and give people a new place to start, as opposed to getting stuck on a few dominating lines.

That said I have no problem with the occasional evolution of a previous branch that's been neglected. Just not one of the ones that took off out of control.

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>>3160340
QM's position is that things are extinct until otherwise proven, and since I quite liked the datagrass and already had this idea about them burrowing pinging around in my head, I decided to bring them back. I know it's supposed to be a kinda fresh start, but I don't think a small, simple producer like that will really change anything.
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Some Phoenix Devils develop a prehensile tube, directly connected to their core. They use this tube to vent excess heat and uncover buried Paraspiders, which quickly becomes a key part of their diet.
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Chardevil
Habitat: Tundra
Size: Tiny
Food: [SCRAP] and [CODE] from Para-Spiders
Niche: 1st level Consumer, Simple Predator

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>>3159673

During intial construction of these new machines, a momentary glitch hit the automated repair systems and generated a few variants of each species.

1. ParaForm: Hyperagressive with twin drills, there is little difference between its progenitor form and the base model. beyond a small group vs large group hunting strategy.

2. HeloBlades: A variation of the garden, these entities use primitive stereoscopic sensors embedded into their float sacks, and a central bearing which enables the solar collectors to rotate at high speeds, the edge of the collectors is bladed. So is their snout. They might be a bit more predatory than they let on.

3.Psycho-Wasp: Carrying a larger center section, these wasps are poor at high altitudes, and instead often skim near the surface using ground effect at high speeds.
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these two are based off of natural selection.

4.PD-rex: it's overclock reaches new heights, and the machine that burns twice as bright will liquifiy it's prey's interior to suck out molten scrap and boiling [OIL]

5. A more compact mammoth is a harder to hit target, sacrificing huge internal volume they gain thicker armor and a repurposed rear leg that can piston out to three times its length at high speed, delivering a potentially fatal "kick" to would be predators.

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Did my level best to clean up the Starless Comet, thought I would post it so that anybody who wants to branch out from it can do so.

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>>3160432
The Heloblades adopt a more horizontal profile, allowing them to whizz by at even faster speeds

>>3160052
The Starless Comets back fin becomes more flexible and extends away from the main body, giving them stability and control at speed. This also allows the tentacles to become more specialized at pushing or grabbing.
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Starless Comet
Habitat: Open Ocean, Sunlit Depths
Size: Colossal
Food: [OIL] from Photosysnthesis, [SCRAP] from smaller AMs
Niche: Producer, 2st level Consumer, Simple Predator

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>>3160677
Picture

PS: Should we still be rolling for infection/is the megastructure still falling apart?

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>>3160432

PD-Rexes gain larger front fangs which allow them to pierce the mammoth tanks' Cryotheum and oil reserves better.

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>>3160432
The Psycho-Wasps have developed an interesting reproductive strategy. Occasionally, instead of sucking all of the [CODE] out of a Mammoth Tank, the wasp will instead inject it with extra [CODE], effectively reprogramming the AM. A Mammoth Tank altered in this way will immediately make its way to the highest, windiest point nearby. It then encases itself in Cryotheum and devotes all of its resources to constructing a new Psycho-Wasp. When fully formed, the juvenile wasp breaks free of the now empty husk and takes off in search of new prey.
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Psycho-Wasp
Habitat: Windy Tundras
Size: Large
Food: [CODE] from other Tundra AMs
Niche: Apex Predator

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>>3159696
>1: The False Ray seems to be deteriorating on it's surface, revealing a purely mechanical structure beneath the rubberized skin. A mild overclock to its systems seems to be instigating the process. The ray can be spotted taking to the air now and again, harnessing some sort of complex AG field.


>2: the resurrection machine is a strange device. Trailing oil in reduced amounts, it's strange rays of light can cause the shattered or deactivated husks of machines to spring fourth with new life, sometimes as if little had ever changed, other times as if they are possessed of an alien will.

>3: AmphibiScrubbers are an amphibious scrubber that can be found on land, and now competing for the same environmental niche as the mammoth tank.

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>>3160651
The Heliopop is a mostly harmless entity that is made entirely of inflatable, disposable, non metallic, robotic components. It exists simply by absorbing a mild amount of electrical charge from other machines and carries nothing but a small amount of [CODE].

Capable of reproducing in great numbers, they can be spotted floating in the sky, floating on the surface of the ocean, or simply wandering about on land. They are everywhere.

The only risk is if enough helipops congregate on an electrically weak entity, they may drain it entirely, or leave it too feeble to fend off forms of predation.

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>>3160432
Mammoth tanks downsize their bodies further in order to avoid predators. To compensate for lack of storage, their cryotheum is now stored in a detachable tank contained in their rear.

When a predator comes for their precious cryotheum, the Mammoth tanks can detach their cryotheum tanks for a quick getaway.

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>>3160432
The Skimmers are Psycho-Wasps that have replaced much of their bristles for an extra pair of maglev wings. Their flight is low altittude but high speed, quickly hovering through the icy landscapes looking for prey.

Their bristles have lost their fake-eye configuration, instead having a new searchlight config. with multiple incredibly bright spots that allow it to hunt at night.

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>>3160846
The Heliopops develop a stunning agent they shoot at their prey before latching onto them, preventing harm in case they're discovered.

>>3160842
the ressurection machine is a varient of it's parent that converts scrap to oil like normal, but then mostly converts that oil to [CODE] in such volumes and ways that it can regenerate the aforementioned deactivated machines. Probably would attract psychovores of the old era as well.

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>>3160863
Thee skimmers' former wings are replaced by a pair of powerful spotlights. On the posterior of these spotlights are anti-grav units that aid in propelling the skimmers at high speeds.

To reduce drag, their maglev wings adopt a more streamlined position

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>>3161041
The Serpentine Skimmers develop an articulated, plated stinger. This lets them shift between an aerodynamic flying position, slithering through the air, and an attack position.

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>>3160432
Paraform with longer bodies have a bigger chance of survival, as their databases aren't as exposed when attacking.

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>>3159673
The Psychofly has faced fierce competition from other descendants of the Psycho Butterfly in it's niche, and rather than attempt to keep up it has instead found a different calling. Their bodies are now greatly downsized and simplified, more similar to those of their ancestors, and they have begun using swarm tactics to attack prey instead of being solitary predators.
Both cryotheum production and the ability to alter the code of their bodyparts have been lost entirely, not even a trace of either remaining in their genetics, caused both by the high energy intensiveness of those processes and by their potential to disrupt the experiment, which the [SOURCE CODE] cannot allow.

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>>3160857
After cycles of predation, the mammoth tank upgrades itself; complex rear leg articulation is replaced with a simple unpowered independent rear wheel setup. Reduction of stored cryotherm in the primary body has reduced the supercooling effect and also made the main body less of a target. Lastly obsolent tusks have been replaced with multi tool tentacles. for nightmare reasons. Being outcompeted by a sea bug? Mammoth aint got no time for that.

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>>3160728
Some PD-Rexes adapt to a terrestrial life of chasing down things that live on the land. Or fly low. Really, anything they can catch. These become known as a "hotfoot"

>>3161828
>>3161901
Woah guys, that's... a lot of change, the first one especially. I mean, the Psychofly shares nearly nothing in common with the psychowasp, aside from a few design things and colorscheme. And the new mammoth tank is a fairly radical change as well.

>>3161993
threads about halfway down the catalog man. Opening up new paths of creation isint too bad for organisms not being overly touched. The progenitor species are still there.

>>3161993
Damn, I did that wrong. To make myself clear, it's not just those two posts,I feel that there's a lot of radical change happening here, with people doing two or three changes at once and ending up with completely different creatures than the beginning. Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like that kills a lot of the coolest aspect of the game, where we end up with a completely different creature, and can trace it's evolution all the way back through successive changes, each individual one small, but together ending up with something unique.

>>3162011
You make a valid point, and one that I don't really have an answer for, especially given how few people are contributing, which makes it hard to justify small changes. I just feel like we're trading one of the funner aspects of the game for the cool stuff now.

>>3162011
Honestly, I sorta wish this thread would hit image limit already. Some fresh posters combined with the new lineages would help considerably.

>>3162033
this is just the arctic edition. We still have two more continents to go. So experimentation, revision, and learning lessons are good to have. What is made here gets to have echos later on elsewhere.

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>>3159673
>>3159696
The Hairless-Tanks replace their treads with better snow-suited skates, and stronger rear legs. This allows them to move quicker while spending less energy.

The Land-Scrubbers have developed stronger legs, and a specialized mouth that allows it to quickly shred abandoned carcasses. This has made them the #1 carrion feeder on the artic landscapes.

>>3161929
Favorite Evo by far

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>>3159673
Among the tanks that kept their larger form, some grew inordinately powerful hind legs. Useful for pushing their treads through packed ice, and keeping their bodies stable while probing for oil. The increased strength in these hind legs also allow for these tanks to lift their heavy bodies off the ground, in a show of intimidation to deter predators.
(Their bodies probably wouldn't stay hilariously level while lifting themselves up, I just couldn't be assed to redraw the entire thing at a different angle)

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Some QM comments
>>3160679
As suggested by the fact that nobody's doing it, no. The plague has been stemmed, but not completely eradicated. Creatures with fleshy bits keep and pass them down, and the actual bio-organisms themselves still exist. They've just been set back hard enough by the event that they're not currently infectious.

>>3161993
I gotta agree that there's a couple that have been huge changes too fast, namely the fly, jellyfish, and necromancer machines. But like he said, it's not like the thread's particularly active, so jumping ahead a little bit for the sake of something actually happening is harmless. I'm fine with a few major changes like that as long as it doesn't become the new norm. And the fact that it seems like there's a pretty consistent number of players means the people involved have no problem handling it.

All that said, if there's anyone lurking that's too put off by the amount of change or detail to contribute, speak up. I want to do what I can to avoid that sort of thing.

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>>3161093
1) Serpentine skimmers develop even more antigrav units that are connected in series to provide more lift. Furthermore, when the polarity on the antigrav array is reversed, it doubles as pair of potent, kinetic force cannons.

>>3162730
2) Standing tanks begin to favor their standing possition. Their walk, however is an awkward, waddling gait. In order to combat predators, these tanks will forcefully slam their heavy bodies into their predators.

>>3161099
The Stag Paraforms' twin drills are changed into a pair of strong clamping jaws. They are cheaper to maintain, allowing the Stag Paraforms to take longer between feedings

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>>3163420
Due to a genetic defect extra teeth now grow in the antigravity turbines, they can be used as dangerous projectiles when polarity is reversed however it takes a long time and a lot of energy to regrow one once it's been launched.

>>3162750
Jellyfish for QM Avatar.

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The mammoth tank's legs have grown stronger, allowing them to travel significantly faster across flat tundra. To supply the increased need for coolant, their coolant tank has grown even longer. As they travel, the tanks communicate to each other using odd vocalizations which only they understand.

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>>3160869
The heliopop begin to glow with bright colors, used to communicate and to attract mates. When vast clouds of them gather, it is as though day turns to night, a light show of magnificent proportions.

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The hotfoots have evolved an eyestalk on their backs, allowing them to see both their prey and their pack at the same time.

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>>3159673
A species of Psycho-Butterfly develops a bristle configuration more apt to terrestrial life. previously the butterfly needed to be completely motionless to conserve energy, resting on it's tripod legs and flying to move. But with this advancement it can instead simply walk about, slowly meandering across the icy plains. It tends to spend much more time in this form throughout it's life. Only taking to the air to travel great distances or while chasing prey.

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>>3164290

Mammoth tanks gain two powerful sword-teeth that channel Cryotheum veins. They can use them to inject predators with Cryotheum to slow down their processes and flee.

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>>3165705
My god that ended up terrible. I meant it to look more like a surveillance camera or a submarine periscope. Gonna have to redo that at some point.
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>>3162627
The land scrubber's external mouthparts become harder and sharper. A simple but powerful engine spins the blades, allowing the scrubber to drill itself into carcasses. A thin tail fin helps to dissipate excess heat.

>>3170410
it looks like a sideways screaming mouth but other then that its good

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>>3166727
A pair of powerful blades manifest on both of the Psycho-Butterfly's wingtips that enable them to disable prey and obtain their precious CODE

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>>3160197
Tuber-Spiders gain even squatter bodies for balance

>>3164290
BEHOLD! THE TRUCKTADON. Eight wheels of fury, but when intimidated by predators it will release its rear tank of cryothermium to become a cowardly but much faster 4 wheeled machine of terror. complete with shitty, fucked up perspective wheel covers.

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>>3172131
with a reveal like that, forgetting the image to kill the climax of it is key.

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>>3146799
Have lost most of the metal plating and unnecessary feeding protrusion,.Replaced that instead with a flexible and durable hull, those that spend less energy on reproduction allows them to reproduce more leading to this species being the most wide spread on the megastructure mostly just sitting there collecting energy

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>>3153157
The Wooly Megatron is an ambush predator, laying in wait near [OIL] hotspots in wait for Mammoth-tanks, the only creatures in the ecosystem capable of providing the biological chemicals the Megatrons need for survival. To avoid setting off any alarms, the Wooly Megatron is covered in a luxurious white coat of fur, which acts not only as a convincing snow-themed disguise but also as a sort of external lung and a heat retention organ. When in wait, the Megatron may lay motionless for hours on end, yet when the coast is clear it assumes a more upright position, shivering feverishly in order to warm it's temperature-sensitive organic components up.
While the cold augments the mechanical components of the creature, it also damages it's biological components, while heat does the opposite. This makes it impossible for the Wooly Megatron to find a truly comfortable temperature, leaving it feeling either too cold or too hot and the coolant canals in it's proboscis constantly leaking a thick, goopy substance.

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>>3166727
Some Psycho-Walkers evolve to favor their walking position exclusively. Their headspike develops a sharp downward tilt, better for spiking prey pinned beneath their legs. To better protect the precious store of data, the rings on the back merge together.

>>3162750
QM, might want to make a new thread, this one's right on the brink.

>>3175702
We're two threads from the edge. Is this thread still bumpable?